The number of billionaires living in the state of Georgia has increased over the past year, the Times Free Press points out. Now there are 11 among the 1,826 billionaires in the world, up from eight last year, according to the 2015 Forbes Billionaires list.
Check out the list of Georgians on the Forbes list:
- No. 53, Anne Cox Chambers — $17 billion
- No. 156, Jim Kennedy — $8.5 billion
- No. 452, Bernie Marcus — $3.8 billion
- No. 557, (tie) Bubba Cathy and Dan Cathy — $3.2 billion
- No. 737, Arthur Bank — $2.5 billion
- No. 810, (tie) Gary Rollins and Randall Rollins — $2.3 billion
- No. 847, Ted Turner — $2.2 billion
- No. 1054, Jeffrey Loderbaum — $1.8 billion
- No. 1741, Sara Blakely — $1 billion